Improvement in supports for the sashes of carriage-doors and windows



l. C. HAM. Support for the Sashes of Carriage-Mors and Windows. No. 114,436. PatemedMay2,1a71.

JOHN c. HAM, or NEW Yoan, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 114,436, dated May 2,1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN SUPPORTS FOR THE SASHES OFCRRIAGEDOIORS AND WINDOWS..

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN C. HAM, of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Supports 'for the Sashes of' Carriage-Doors and Windows; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others vskilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specicat-ion. -f

Figure 1 is anvinside view of a carriage-door, to which my improvement has been attached, part-ly in section, to show the construction.

Figure 2 is a detail vertical section ofthe same taken through the line x x, iig. 1. My invention has for its object to furnish a simple and effective means for holding the sashes ot' the doors and windows of landaus, landaulets, and similar carriages raised, whether the door be open or shut, and which may be applied to cars and other carriages; and

It consists in a sliding frame, in which the sash is set, and which cornes part of its length out of the door or carriage-body with said sash and supports it, said frame sliding into the door or body of the carriage out of sight when the window-sash is lowered.

A is the sash or glass-frame, which is set and works.

' in grooves in the inner sides of the side bars of the frame B, which side bars, at their lower ends, are conf nected by a cross-bar or board so that said side bars may move together. The frame B is set in grooves inthe door or body of the carriage in the saine manner as sashes are ordinarily set in their `frames.

To the two sides of the frame B are attached stops, J1', which enter long notches or slots, a', in theI side bars of the sash A, as shown in'lgs. 1 and 2,

By this construction7 as the sash A is drawn up, when it has been raised a half (more or less) of its movement, the lower ends ot' the notches or slots a strike against the stops 1J of the frame B, and the frame Acarries the supporting-traine B up with it through the rest of its movement.

As the sash A is raised' to its full 'height the part of the grooves in the frame B, in which the bottom part of the frame A then is, is widened, so that the lower end of the frame A can be set over the flange c' ot' the top or cap ofthe door or body C in the usual manner.

The inner edge of the lower end of the sash A and .theouter edge ofthe flange C' are beveled off, so that when the lower end`of the sash A is set out the two bevels, acting upon each other, may force the lower en-d ot' the sash A outward and its upper end inward against the side of the groove in the supports B', holding the sash rmly The side bars ot' the' frame B may be made ol metal and its bottom bar of wood, and said frame should be iirmly put together to prevent rack-ing, s

The ,ii-anic B may be provided with stops in the same manner as the frame A to prevent the said frame B from being raised entirelysout-ot' the grooves in which it works; or spurs or pins may be attached to the outer edges of the supports B to enter and work in grooves in the bottoms ot'the grooves inwhich -thc said supports work, which inner grooves have a turn at their upper ends, into which the said spurs or pins drop, binding the said supports in theirgrooves in the same manner as the bevels ofthe lower edge ot' the sash A and of the flange c' bind the Said sash.

rlhe sash Ais raised and lowered by a sasl1-strap or stringI in the ordinary manner.

lhe top of the sash A is made with a cap or cornice, D, which, when the sash A and supports B are lowered, covers the aperture in which the said sash and supports work, said cap D being grooved in its lower side to tit upon the flange c' of the casing C, preventing rattling, making all tirm,and forming a neat finish.

l ani aware that sashes have been 'sustained by supports hinged to the top of the door, and folding down upon the said top of the door when the said sash is lowered, the sash working in said supports in the saule manner as in an ordinary high door. This construction l do.not claim; but

\Vhat I clainras my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A sliding t'ranie or support for supporting the f raised sash of a carriage-door or window, as set forth.

2. The combination of the stops b and long notches or slots a with the sliding supporting-frame B and sash A, substantially as herein shown' and described7 and for the purpose set forth.

3. '.Lhe beveled iiauge c ot' the door-casing or body C ot' the carriage and the beveled lower edge of the sash A, in combination with each other and with the said casing C and sash A, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. The cap or cornice D, in combination with the top ofthe sash A to cover the apertures in which the sash A and sliding supports B work, substantially as herein shown and described.

The yabove specification of my invention signed by me` this 17th Witnesses:

.lAnus T. GRAHAM,

Guo. W. Manni-i.

day ot' February, 1871. p

JOHN C. HAM. 

